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LANGLEY v. RYDER

Civ. A. No. 85-0030.

602 F.Supp. 335 (1985)

Bertney LANGLEY, et al v. Alfred R. RYDER, District Attorney of 33rd Judicial District, Allen Parish, Louisiana; et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

As Amended March 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll L. Spell, Lafayette, La., for plaintiffs.

Alfred R. Ryder, Dist. Atty., 33rd Judicial Dist., Oberlin, La., for defendants.

Henry J. Sockbeson, Native American Rights Fund, Washington, D.C., for intervenor.

OPINION

VERON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this suit are certain members of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana who have been charged with state law offenses allegedly committed on federal land held in trust for the Tribe. The plaintiffs seek an injunction restraining Allen Parish officials from proceeding with these charges in state court. They contend that Louisiana lacks jurisdiction to apply state criminal law to offenses committed by Indians on Indian...

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